Course outline
Background• DDV history
• File types and DVD formats
• Sourcing DVD footage
• Guidelines for handling DVDs
• Encore interface
• Bit budgeting
Creating a DVD
• Flowcharts and project planning
• Importing assets: Video , Audio , PS files
• Disc properties
• Remote control buttons
• First play Segueing from a play to a menu
Creating menus in Encore
• Text options
• Converting to buttons
• Subpictures
• Linking buttons to timelines
• End actions
• Templates
• Overriding user behaviour
• Limiting user options
• Creating Multipage Menus
Designing menus in Photoshop
• Pixel aspect ratio
• Naming conventions
• Importing into Encore
• Encore -> Photoshop workflow
Automating
• The Library panel
• The Style panel
• Creating submenus
• Creating links between menus
• Playlists
• Background transcoding with Adobe Media Encoder
Motion menus
• Motion backgrounds
• Motion thumbnails
• Creating thumbnails in Photoshop
• Setting chapters
• Setting poster frames
Slideshows
• Menu slideshow
• Timeline slideshow
Audio tracks
• Multiple audio tracks
• Subtitle tracks
Burning the DVD
• Adding DVD ROM content
• Transcode settings
• DVD image
• DVD testing
• Creating HD Blu-ray discs
• Publishing AVCHD content to Blu-ray
Publishing projects to the web
• Creating SWF versions of your projects
